Hovering Over Flowers: Who Does It Better, Hummingbird or Nectar Bat? (1 of 12) (IMAGE)

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Hovering Over Flowers: Who Does It Better, Hummingbird or Nectar Bat? (1 of 12)

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A hovering nectar bat (Glossophaga soricina) inverts its wings during the upstroke to generate elevated lift. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 26, 2018, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by R. Ingersoll at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Biomechanics of hover performance in Neotropical hummingbirds versus bats."

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Glenn Barley: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.glennbartley.com/">www.glennbartley.com</a>

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